Saturday, 2 April 2016

"Roman" Coins from Where the Cheese Comes From

"The Cheshire Hoards were reported to archaeologists through the Portable Antiquities Scheme and declared treasure". The finders apparently could not find the Coroner's phone number, perhaps they were looking under "K". Hoards are reported to the Crown by English law, not "archaeologists" (though the next king and his brother studied archaeology).

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About Me

British archaeologist living and working in Warsaw, Poland. Since the early 1990s (or even longer) a primary interest has been research on artefact hunting and collecting and the market in portable antiquities in the international context and their effect on the archaeological record.

Abbreviations used in this blog

"coiney" - a term I use for private collector of dug up ancient coins, particularly a member of the Moneta-L forum or the ACCG

"heap-of-artefacts-on-a-table-collecting" the term rather speaks for itself, an accumulation of loose artefacts with no attempt to link each item with documented origins. Most often used to refer to metal detectorists (ice-cream tubs-full) and ancient coin collectors (Roman coins sold in aggregated bulk lots)